Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-28
THE MISSIONARY CONVENTION.
The gntcr.Seminary Gathering I'm Al.
exandria-Addresses and Resolutions.

AS announced IN yesterdays STAR the eighth an
nual convention OF the American Inter-Seminary
Missionary Alliance was formally opened in the
old Christ p. T. church, Alexandria, at 3 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon Addresses OF welcome were
delivered by Rev. DIR. J. L Grammer OF Baltimore,
and Rev. DIR. Joseph Packard, Of the theological
Seminary Of Virginia congratulatory telegram
was received from the Piedmont Convocation OF the
p. Z. Church, IN session at The Plains, Fauquier
County, and an appropriate response was made
Mr.. w. A. Nelson, OF Lane Seminary, Cincinnati.
presided over the afternoon session. Three
secretaries were elected to serve through
out the convention which will last four d vs.
These were MesSrs. Leonard, OF Mccormick Pres
byterian seminary Higgins. OF Rochester, Bap-
tist, and Pearson, OF Princeton, Presbyterian.
The following committees were appointed:
Committee on Enrolment: Messrs. j. II. Lacey,
OF Hampden Sidney, and j. l. kilbon, of Hart
Nominating Committee: A. H. Ballard, of Nor
gan Park, Baptist; +. h. stiles, OF Andora COngre-
gational; VI. L. Eiiman, OF Boston University,
Methodist ;. I'd. Young, OF Princeton, Prcsbyte-
ran; and b. +. smith, OF Lebanon Cumberland
Presbyterian.
The first paper read was, "The relation Of the
villers, OF Rochester Convention. A resolution
offered by Mr.. stone, of Rochester denouncing the
rum tranc and the protection given TO It by the
constitution OF the Free state, was adopted.
Al the evening session Rev. DR.. Frank NJ. Ellis,
Of Baltimore. delivered an address on missions
THE sEMrNARIEs REPREsENTKD.
The semlnaries represented at the convention
are as follows:
Baptist-Baptlst Union, Morgan Park, ILL.,; Gro
Ier, chester, Delaware County, Pa; Hamilton
Madison University, Hamilton, N Y; Newton,
Newton Center, Mass; Rochester. Rochester N;
y; Jeremiah Nardnan, Liberty, Mo-; Normal aid
Theological Institute, Selma, Ala
Congregational-Andover Andover, Mass; Ban
gor, Bangor, Me-; Chicago Congregational, Chi
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn; Hartford, Hart
ford, Conn; Oberin, Oberlin, Ohio; Pacific, oak
land, Cal; Talladega, Ala; Yale Divinity School,
REPRESENTATION, Auburn, n. Y; German,
bloomfield. \: j.; Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio; Lincoln
ILL.,; Princeton Princeton ~ j.; Union, New York
city; Western, Allegheny, Pa.
Methodist EpiscOpal-Claik University, Atlanta,
is0n, " j.: Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston,
Ill; Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tenn;
New Orleans University, New orleans, La; Bennett
Evangelical MISUNDERSTANDING. Gettysburg,
Pa; HartwcA Seminary, Otsego County, \. Y;
Missionary Institute SelenS Grove, Pa; Witten-
berg, Springfield, Ohio.
Protestant Episcopal Seminary,
Alexandria, va; Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa;
Divinity School, Cambridge Mass.
Methodist Episcopal South-vanderbilt Uni
yersity, Nashville, Tenn; Methodist Protestant,
we Wes1mlnsIer. Westmlnster Md; Moravin. Mora.
College, Lewiston, Me-. Christian, Oskaioosa COL
lege, OSkaloosa, Iowa; Cumberland Presbyterian,
pgenbefaria ohTersr,y' Leoanan, Ienh;; southern
United Presbyterian, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pa,
and Aenia. Xenia, ohio, Reform Church In Amer
tea; Theological Seminary, New Brunswick n. s.;
Reform Church In United states, Heidelberg, Ttf-
I'm, Ohio, and lancaster. Lancaster, Pa; United
Brethren, Union Biblical, Dayton, Ohio.
TO-DAY's SESSION.
At o O'Clock this morning the delegates again
assembled at the church and spent an hour in
devotional exercises. Then E. X. Chadwick, OF
Bates Seminary. read a paper on mission work
among the Indians" The last hours OF the MORN
ing session were devoted to reports from the semi
naries each student making b I, pithy statements.
The following Is the program for to-day's after.
noon session: Three O'Clock, devotional meeting;
$780, paper, protestant Missionary Efforts In
Roman Catholic Countries" Isaac l. Gorby, Union
BIBLICAL seminary; 4 80, question drawer and an
swerS by returned missionaries.
The afternoon exercises were postponed, and an
invitation to visit the Theological seminary OF Viz
gfnia was accepted; and this afternoon the dele
gates are beng Hospitality entertained there.